Germany exhibition to spotlight “the Tale of Kieu” from new angle
The Ministry of Culture and the Art Foundation of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt State have held a press conference to introducing an upcoming exhibition featuring the main female character in “Truyen Kieu” (the Tale of Kieu) by the Vietnamese 18th-century great poet Nguyen Du.
German artist Franca Bartholomäi speaks at the press conference (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Culture and the Art Foundation of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt State have held a press conference tointroducing an upcoming exhibition featuring the main female character in“Truyen Kieu” (the Tale of Kieu) by the Vietnamese 18th-century great poetNguyen Du.
The exhibition entitled Das MädchenK will be open to public from June 3 and last until August 1, with a virtualopening ceremony on June 3.
Inspired by “Truyen Kieu”, German artist Franca Bartholomäi created a series ofartworks from wood and paper. With skillful hands and ingenious artisticcreativity, Bartholomäi will introduce visitors with constant conflicts around the main female character “Nang K” (Miss K).
The Tale of Kieu by poet Nguyen Du (1766-1820) is regarded asone of Vietnam’s top literary works. Nguyen Du was honoured by UNESCO in 2013as a cultural figurehead.
The masterpiece has been translated into morethan 20 languages and is cherished for its creativity, independent thinking anddistillation of Vietnamese culture.
The exhibition, which will feature 24large-sized wood and paper paintings, is hoped to provide viewers with a newand different perspective on the Tale of Kieu and the identity of Kieu, thuscontemplating the role of women in the current world.
Minister of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt Rainer Robra, whois also head ofthe State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt Minister for Europe affairs, said hehopes through the exhibition as well as cooperation across fieldsbetween the Saxony-Anhalt State and Vietnamese localities and authorities,cooperation between the two countries will be further promoted in the comingtime.
According to Director of the Saxony-Anhalt State Art Foundation Manon Bursian,the exhibition is a major international cooperation project, contributing topromoting cultural exchange and understanding between the two countries’ people.
She also expressed her hope for more artistic cooperation projects in the nearfuture between the Saxony-Anhalt State’s Art Foundation and Vietnam to help theGerman public understand more about Vietnam’ culture and art.
The exhibition will be jointly organised by the Saxony-AnhaltState Art Foundation and Goethe Hanoi Institute under thesponsor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany./.
Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UNESCO in collaboration with the central province of Ha Tinh will organise a ceremony to commemorate the 200th death anniversary of great poet Nguyen Du at the UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris in March.
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German artist Franca Bartholomäi speaks at the press conference (Photo: VNA) 
